Thomas J. Oakley

Thomas Jackson Oakley (10 November 1783-11 May 1857) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NY 4) from 1813 to 1815 (succeeding James Emott and preceding Abraham H. Schenck) and from NY-5 from 1827 to 1828 (succeeding Bartow White and preceding Thomas Taber II).

Biography
Thomas Jackson Oakley was born in Beekman, New York in 1783, and he became a lawyer in Poughkeepsie and New York City in 1804. He served as Dutchess County surrogate from 1810 to 1811, in the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815, in the State Assembly in 1816 and from 1818 to 1820, as State Attorney General from 1819 to 1821, in the US Congress from 1827 to 1828, as a judge of the superior court of New York City from 1828 to 1847, and Chief Judge from 1847 until his death in 1857.